Tetrastichus

Tetrastichus
	Tetrastichus planipennisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eulophidae
Subfamily:	Tetrastichinae
Genus:	Tetrastichus; Haliday, 1844
Type species
	Tetrastichus miser, (originally designated as Cirrospilus attalus Walker, 1839); (Nees, 1834)
Species
	450+ species
Synonyms
	Ceratoneuronomyia Girault, 1913; Ennetoma Dahlbom, 1857; Lygellus Giard, 1896; Neotetrastichus Perkins, 1912; Neparaprostocetus Mani, 1939; Pseudomphaloides Girault, 1915; Redinia Girault, 1936; Solenoderus Motschulsky, 1863;

Tetrastichus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.

Tetrastichus planipennisi is a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, a wood boring insect native to Asia which is an invasive species in North America. T. planipennisi is being evaluated as a biological control agent.

Host species

The genus Tetrastichus parasitizes many different species of Lepidoptera, such as Pyralis farinalis. ^[1]

^ Cotton, R. T.; Good, Newell Emanuel; Agriculture, United States Dept of; Quarantine, United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant (1937). Annotated list of the insects and mites associated with stored grain and cereal products, and of their arthropod parasites and predators. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 2. farinalis.

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